National Fire Activity – Preparedness Level 3

NIFC is at PL 3.

The preparedness level has gone down one step. Preparedness Level 4 drops to Preparedness Level 3 when significant demobilization is occurring and the following conditions are met:

• Fifty plus crews are being released daily and sent to home units.
• One hundred rested crews are available for new fires.
• All military resources have been released.
• No red flag conditions are forecast for the next 24 hours and higher humidity or lower temperatures are forecast for the major fire areas.

Fire Weather Forecast

Isolated thunderstorms will form over the higher terrain over the Four Corners region. Breezy conditions will continue over the northern Rockies and the northern Plains. Thunderstorms and heavy rain will spread from the central Gulf States to New England as a slow-moving front slides toward the Appalachians. Thunderstorms will also develop around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley. Hot weather will return to the southern and central Plains.

To see a NOAA map of today’s critical fire weather areas, click on this link: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy1.html

Fire Summary (Five Day Trend)

National Resource Commitments (Five Day Trend)

NPS Fire Summaries

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For additional information on all fires, check the following National Park Service and NIFC web sites:

NIFC

• Summary of current fires – http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
• Detailed reports on major fires – http://www.inciweb.org/
• Fire news and fire year in perspective – http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm
• Map of fire locations – http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/lg_fire2.php

NPS

• Details on current NPS fires – http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/fires.cfm
• InsideNPS Fire and Aviation – http://inside.nps.gov/fire
• InsideNPS Structural Fire – http://inside.nps.gov/fire/structuralfire
• NPS Fire and Aviation - http://www.nps.gov/fire